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| KOA @ Terre Haut, Indiana |
After 3 days in Terre Haute, Indiana (beautiful country) we started thought Missouri and half way through found and inexpensive hotel to stay at and get some rest. After driving to St Louis and driving the area and getting lost AGAIN (we got lost the last time in St Louis, 2 years ago). For some reason the Arch seems to get to us every time...getting lost can be good as we saw much of the downtown area we might not have seen otherwise. It's also frustrating but we have plenty of time on our hands and it gave us something to do. We even drove through the "Historic City of Ferguson"....I can only think of one thing that
maked Ferguson 'historic' - and that is the riots there just after we left St. Louis a couple years ago. We then settled into a hotel and spent a couple of nights there, spending the next day touring the area. Beautiful countryside where we were staying.
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| Charlotte and Larry |
On Thursday we started out for Kansas to visit our friends. We spent 3 days with them - shopping IKEA, eating, going to Union Station, which is an old train station converted to a tourist attraction. There was a GREAT model train display....as well as a Lego train display....and many shops in which to spend our money
www.UnionStation.org. The other day we went to the Arabia Steamboat Museum (a steamboat that sunk in 1856 and was found 132 years later in 1988 with most of it's cargo still on the ship and in prime condition)
http://www.1856.com Sunday we went to church and then a potluck after church. Our time there was filled with great fellowship with old friends (50 years next year), good food, and just plain fun.
We left in rain Sunday afternoon and after a short talk decided to backtrack 30-40 miles into Missouri to a KOA we had seen while driving to Kansas. We have a cabin here and will be here at least 1 more night, maybe 2. Waiting for friends from our Las Vegas days to come home from a short trip...hoping to get some visiting in with them
We doubt very much we will be gone the total 3 months we had planned. Our next stop will be Estes Park, CO and then onto visit friends in Monument (outside Colorado Springs), then maybe a stopover in New Mexico and maybe Flagstaff, AZ before coming back into the valley of the HOT sun and monsoons. Thinking we'll be home sometime the last 2 weeks of August.
Howard and Mary Warren
The Wandering Warrens
Sorry again for no blog posts this past week - it's been an interesting week to say the least. After spending a couple days in West Virginia, which is by far the most beautiful state we've ever visited, we left for visiting the relatives in Kentucky. All the way through the state was nothing but beautiful greenery. We stayed at a KOA on the Shenandoah River for a couple of days, had beautiful weather and awesome scenery. 
The next day we headed for Kentucky (extremely hot/humid) to visit hub's relatives, his uncle Otis and his daughter and grandsons, his Aunt Doris and her husband, and his cousin Martha and her husband. We had been told that Doris want in the hospital on Sunday evening but she wouldn't be there long...Tuesday when we left WV she was the still there but would be released on Thursday. Thursday morning we pulled into the KOA in Louisville and we receive a text message saying Doris had taken a turn for the worse and was not expected to live. We went to the hospital as soon as possible and visited with family that was gathered there. Friday we visited Howard's Aunt Elsie, Martha's (mentioned above) mother and then headed to the hospital to visit Doris again. Doris passed away early Saturday morning. Although we thought we were going to Louisville for a family visit, God had other plans - we are so thankful we were there to support Doris' family during this time. We are thankful God allowed hubby to sit with Doris and talk to her (although not much of a response but she knew he was there). We're also blessed to have seen and visited his 98 year old Aunt Elsie, Uncle Otis (and family), and to see and visit with Doris' hubby and family, as well as Martha and her husband Don.
I could sure take this small town living...where everyone knows everyone and not a secret is kept. What fun it has been this last week just watching fireworks, visiting sites, and eating/commiserating with old friends. The other couple (Tom and Margaret Bush - old friends from many years ago) left on Thursday to continue their traveling/visiting trip of the USA. On Friday Sondra's brother (Wally) flew in from Pennsylvania to participate in an old fashion 'Barn Raising'...with Howard, Ray (Sondra's brother), their son, their daughter's boyfriend, and a couple friends from church. We women stayed inside and did the cooking and feeding of the six hungry men.
Monday the 4th of July, we went to a fireworks show put on by the county. We were joined by our friends (Sondra and Ray) by their daughter, her boyfriend, and her son plus 100s of other people. Seems the only time we go to firework shows anymore is when we are here.
On Wednesday our gracious host and hostess had planned a trip to for all of us to Stone Mountain. We had driven by it years ago but had never stayed for any length of time. Before going there we ate dinner at "Hot Rods" - a popular casual restaurant in Social Circle, GA. 
